JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) & ATELIER MADELINE-JOLLY - PHIL - Lot 41

JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) & ATELIER MADELINE-JOLLY - PHILIPPE MADELINE (1914-2002) & MARIE-MADELEINE JOLLY (1914-1992) Profil, the model created in [1958], from a non-limited edition that was quickly discontinued at Jean Cocteau's request. Ashtray-pallet. Proof in pink clay; oxide pencils, blue, white and mauve; enamels, green and black. Presented on a non-original metal base. Signed and marked Jean COCTEAU on the star - Atelier MADELINE-JOLLY on the reverse. Length: 11.5cm Provenance: Prima Gallery, Cannes/Hong Kong. Bibliography: Annie Guédras - Jean Cocteau céramiques, catalog raisonné - Éditions Teillet-Dermit, Paris, 1989. The model of our work (with a drop of enamel falling from the eye) referenced and reproduced under number 284 on page 180. JEAN COCTEAU (1889-1963) & ATELIER MADELINE-JOLLY - PHILIPPE MADELINE (1914-2002) & MARIE-MADELEINE JOLLY (1914-1992) Jean Cocteau, a jack-of-all-trades, Dada, then in the surrealist vein, is celebrated for his poetry; nevertheless, his written work is inseparable from his graphic work and ceramics. His boundless imagination gave rise to drawings, theater sets, lithographs and etchings, as well as widely recognized and recognizable works in clay. In 1957, his decisive meeting with Marie-Madeleine Jolly and Philippe Madeline marked the start of a flourishing collaboration. It was in their Villefranche-sur-Mer studio that the poet created over 300 ceramics and jewelry pieces, imagining "poem-objects" until his death in 1963.